What is the difference between the words "deadly" and "deathly"?

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What is the difference between the words "deadly" and "deathly"?

2007-07-08 17:08:08 · 2 answers · asked by kew 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia

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Generally speaking deadly means causing or capable of causing death while
deathly means having the physical appearance of death.

2007-07-08 17:15:17 · answer #1 · answered by Nunya Bizness 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋

DEADLY means likely to cause death, aiming to kill or destroy ("deadly" enemy) or tending to deprive of force or vitality ("deadly" habit, a "deadly" disease), while DEATHLY means fatal; of, relating to, or suggestive of death (his skin had a pale, "deathly" pallor or color to it).

2007-07-08 19:33:55 · answer #2 · answered by jan51601 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋